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CELL
Volume 181, Issue 5, Pages 1146-+Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2020.04.024
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- Israel Science Foundation ISF [1009/17, 407/17]
- National Science Foundation HOMINID [BCS-1032255]
- National Institutes of Health [GM100233]
- Allen Discovery Center grant
- John Templeton Foundation [61220]
- Dan David Foundation
- Shmunis Family Foundation
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We report genome-wide DNA data for 73 individuals from five archaeological sites across the Bronze and Iron Ages Southern Levant. These individuals, who share the Canaanite'' material culture, can be modeled as descending from two sources: (1) earlier local Neolithic populations and (2) populations related to the Chalcolithic Zagrosor theBronzeAgeCaucasus. The non-local contribution increased over time, as evinced by three outliers who can be modeled as descendants of recent migrants. We show evidence that different Canaanite'' groups genetically resemble each other more than other populations. We find that Levant-related modern populations typically have substantial ancestry coming from populations related to the Chalcolithic Zagros and the Bronze Age Southern Levant. These groups also harbor ancestry fromsources we cannot fullymodelwith the available data, highlighting the critical role of post-Bronze-Age migrations into the region over the past 3,000 years.
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